All good art cannot help but confront denial on its way to truth.

Pick up my guitar and play, just like yesterday / And I get on my knees and pray.

Rock music is important to people , because it allows them to escape this crazy world. It allows them not to run away from the problems that are there, but to face up to them , but at the same time sort of DANCE ALL OVER THEM. That's what rock and roll is about.

Like so many addicts, I'd thought that if I could only sort out my life, I could then sort out my drinking. It was a revelation to see that it would be simpler the other way around

I respect those who follow religious routes only if they seem to me to be morally proper and in accord with the modern world.

What I'm trying to do is find either existing properties or come up with properties or angles or stories which will create music drama. It's my obsession and most of all I would like to remain working in theatre. I think it's very much alive.

Rock 'n' Roll might not solve your problems, but it does let you dance all over them